THE green below and the blue above! -- The waves caressing the shores they love: Sails in haven, and sails afar And faint as the water-lilies are In inlets haunted of willow wands, Listless lovers, and trailing hands With spray to gem them and tan to glove. -- The green below and the blue above. The blue above and the green below! Would that the world were always so! -- Always summer and warmth and light, With mirth and melody day and night! Birds in the boughs of the beckoning trees, Chirr of locusts and whiff of breeze -- World-old roses that bud and blow. -- The blue above and the green below. The green below and the blue above! Heigh! young hearts and the hopes thereof! -- Kate in the hammock, and Tom sprawled on The sward -- like a lover's picture, drawn By the lucky dog himself, with Kate To moon o'er his shoulder and meditate On a fat old purse or a lank young love. -- The green below and the blue above. The blue above and the green below! Shadow and sunshine to and fro. -- Season for dreams -- whate'er befall Hero, heroine, hearts and all! Wave or wildwood -- the blithe bird sings, And the leaf-hid locust whets his wings -- Just as a thousand years ago -- The blue above and the green below. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROOKSIDE by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES TO A FRIEND ON HER BIRTH-DAY by BERNARD BARTON KARSHISH, THE ARAB PHYSICIAN by ROBERT BROWNING PROVERBS IN RHYME by ALICE CARY MUSIC UNHEARD by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE A MIDNIGHT SERENADE FOR HER PERFUMED MAJESTY (AN ENCORE) by ANGELO DE LUCA |